Solution chemistry back‐contact FTO/hematite interface engineering for efficient photocatalytic water oxidation

This work describes a simple yet powerful scalable solution chemistry strategy to create back‐contact rich interfaces between substrates such as commercial transparent conducting fluorine‐doped tin oxide coated glass(FTO)and photoactive thin films such as hematite for low‐cost water oxidation reaction.High‐resolution electron microscopy(SEM,TEM,STEM),atomic force microscopy(AFM),elemental chemical mapping(EELS,EDS)and photoelectrochemical(PEC)investigations reveal that the mechanical stress,lattice mismatch,electron energy barrier,and voids between FTO and hematite at the back‐contact interface as well as short‐circuit and detrimental reaction between FTO and the electrolyte can be alleviated by engineering the chemical composition of the precursor solutions,thus increasing the overall efficiency of these low‐cost photoanodes for water oxidation reaction for a clean and sustainable generation of hydrogen from PEC water‐splitting.These findings are of significant importance to improve the charge collection efficiency by minimizing electron‐hole recombination observed at back‐contact interfaces and grain boundaries in mesoporous electrodes,thus improving the overall efficiency and scalability of low‐cost PEC water splitting devices.

多色荧光碳量子点的合成及不同链长度烃的功能化改性（英文）

以多壁碳纳米管(MWCNTs)为原料,经肽键形成氨基功能化后合成出新型多色荧光碳量子点(CQDs)。所制CQDs由准球形石墨纳米晶体(平均尺寸为10 nm)包裹不同烃类,如丙胺、辛胺、十二胺和八乙胺得到的氨基。在CQDs表面引入氮原子和烃类对其荧光性能、量子产率和溶解性起重要影响。这种新型有机-溶解CQDs的荧光发射波长取决于激发波长。荧光量子产率根据CQDs表面上烃类取代物的链长而变化。